Author: LECLERC, DANIEL
Title: Histoire de la medecine, Ou l'on voit l'Origine & les Progrès de cet Art, de Siècle en Siècle; les Sectes, qui s'y font formées; les noms des Médecins, leurs découvertes, leurs opinions, & les circonstances les plus remarquables de leur vie. Nouvelle éd., revuë, corrigée, & augm par l'Auteur ... Première [seconde, troisième] partie.
Description: A La Haye, Chez Isaac van der Kloot, 1729. 4to. 3 parts in 1 vol. W. engr. front., woodc. vign. on t., woodc. head- & tailpieces, 8 engr. full page pls. and 1 fold. genealogical table at the end of part 1 (at p. 287). Contemp. full clf., w. red spine label, spine gilt. (Top of spine dam; outer upper hinge partially (6 or 7 cm) splitting; lower part of upper cover some dam. and dark discol. due to water; 1 corner and part of edge of cover dam.). (XX, 820, XX (Avis and index) pp.). (Text some yellow.; lower margin some faint waterspotting, here and there stronger; free upper endp. and title page libr. stamps covered w. error fluid.). (Free upper endp. w. 19th c. annotations in ink [2 pp.]. G&M 6379: 'The first large history of medicine. It is still consulted today. LeClerc is sometimes called the "Father of the history of medicine".: The first edition of this work appeared in 1696, but later editions are revised, corrected and enlarged. The last and best edition. The copy is good, but unsophisticated.

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